Has anyone here been on stage?

iamica

I've been acting for years, but I'm thinking of giving it up. The competition's just too stiff. :(

sennin

The closest to being "on stage" I got was a couple of years ago.....racing BMX.

I qualified to race a special race....in a big arena....

It was kinda like a big sporting event (think NBA Finals) atmosphere. Lights out, Pink Floyd (run) playing, spot lights and smoke machines, big booming announcer over the top of it all. You hear your name announced and ride through the tunnel....through the smoke on to the track.

It was really exhilarating!

I didn't win, but it was a great experience.


other than that, I was in a Christmas in Hawaii play in the 6th grade.

mookie9999

A couple plays in grade school and in high school I took speech and debate. The hardest was reciting a speech or dialogue of someone famous. It was hard because I chose George Carlin and I had to "rewrite" the jokes so that they were clean enough to be performed in a high school, but still had to make sense. Needless to say I didn't do his 7 words bit: http://www.erenkrantz.com/Humor/SevenDirtyWords.shtml

iluvcats

cory is on stage, on here daily

norm

about ten or so years ago, my friend was in a improv group at the ice house....one night one guy couldn't make it so they asked me to sub.....it was a lot of fun......i had seen their show enough and new the guys well enough that it wasn't very hard.....quite a rush actually....:)

jammergirl

yay, a thread about theatre! i just graduated with my degree in theatre arts, so i've been in a couple. in college my most memorable moment on stage was playing the lead in "rising o' the moon", where i had to be in male drag and learn an irish accent, as well as sing traditional ballads.
in our local community theatre i was the angel in "angels in america" and i'm currently in the play "doubt", where i play a young nun. its easily the most challenging role i've ever done, so i'm nervous as fuck.

i had no idea so many people on here did theatre. keep the cool stories coming!

SENROCK

gue_barium wrote:

Did you take a high school drama class, or participate in community theater? College?

Anything like that...
Church playes, grade school plays.
I think everybody has done a little of that sometime in their lives.
What part did you play?
Did you enjoy it?
How did the performance(s) go?

yes. i am ashamed to say. i was in a band before. :eek:

roar

I was the Virgin Mary in our first grade Christmas Pageant.

Ahnimus

Does karaoke count?

How about speeches to parliament?

MattCameronKicksButt

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

When I was a kid I used to attend a school of speech and drama. (Nothing to do with proper school, it was a weekly class.) I did lots of exams for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (the drama side), and the English Speaking Board, and quite a few plays, too. Every year I'd enter into regional drama festivals: I got a couple of bronzes and silvers, but I would usually be pipped to the gold by some upper middle-class cutesy-pie (not that I cared, to be honest).

I stopped doing acting when I was about fourteen. Drama classes were sausage fests, and I was into girls.

I didn't really enjoy acting much, to be honest. I always enjoy playing music live, though.

Maybe that's why you have such a good, confident sounding voice when you sing!

TrixieCat

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

Maybe that's why you have such a good, confident sounding voice when you sing!

He is awesome, isn't he?

zenith

ive sung on stage, ive played guitar on stage, ive acted in plays and ive been the loudmouth spokesperson at nearly every meeting ive ever been at -

of course you get nervous beforehand, but once your there its like your in your own little world, and everything else just zones out.

strange for me tho - looking at astrology, im cancer, and supposed to be shy and retiring, and always in my shell. In some ways i am, but in others i practically carry a permanent soapbox to leap onto.

bostonlou

I was on stage for the Boston City Wide 5th grade spelling bee.


I also was in front of 15,000+ people on the floor of the Boston Garden at a Celtics game. I was selected to shoot a 3 pointer after the first quarter for a chance at 7G. And a second chance at 70G more.

I missed. :(

MattCameronKicksButt

TrixieCat wrote:

He is awesome, isn't he?

cropdustress

I play in a wind orchestra (brass band kinda) so I've been on stage, but not alone.
I did some recitals in elementary school and I used to dance when I was a kid. So that was another group...
I used to sing in church too, and had a few solos.
I had a solo with my band few years ago, thats when I had to stand up and
play my part by myself and everyone clapped and cheered
I guess thats one of my favorite moments, at least the recent one I remember.
The one I also remember, and dont want it to happen again, was
when we played at our annual Holiday concert and I started choking: somthing was in my throat and I had teary eyes all of the sudded cause I couldnt breathe, started caughing... :eek:And I play the flute.
Terrible, terrbile feeling, and I had to be quiet but couldnt...man, I hope
that never happens again, haha

pearljamjen

cropdustress wrote:

I play in a wind orchestra (brass band kinda) so I've been on stage, but not alone.
I did some recitals in elementary school and I used to dance when I was a kid. So that was another group...
I used to sing in church too, and had a few solos.
I had a solo with my band few years ago, thats when I had to stand up and
play my part by myself and everyone clapped and cheered
I guess thats one of my favorite moments, at least the recent one I remember.
The one I also remember, and dont want it to happen again, was
when we played at our annual Holiday concert and I started choking: somthing was in my throat and I had teary eyes all of the sudded cause I couldnt breathe, started caughing... :eek:And I play the flute.
Terrible, terrbile feeling, and I had to be quiet but couldnt...man, I hope
that never happens again, haha

Wow, Sid, I had no idea you were so talented! That is really cool! That is too bad about the Holiday concert, but at least you were okay!

Really cool about the wind orchestra though.

cropdustress

pearljamjen wrote:

Wow, Sid, I had no idea you were so talented! That is really cool! That is too bad about the Holiday concert, but at least you were okay!

Really cool about the wind orchestra though.

Haha, Im not really. I guess I just wanted to be involved in things...
Always been like that

I wish I hadnt stopped doing recitals and some sort of plays, I kinda enjoy it.
But with the band is kinda cool.

Oh, and I did Karaoke on a real stage once

pearljamjen

cropdustress wrote:

Haha, Im not really. I guess I just wanted to be involved in things...
Always been like that

I wish I hadnt stopped doing recitals and some sort of plays, I kinda enjoy it.
But with the band is kinda cool.

Oh, and I did Karaoke on a real stage once

Cool! Alright, it is settled then, at the next pre-show party/meet-up you can perform for us!

justam

gue_barium wrote:

Did you take a high school drama class, or participate in community theater? College?

Anything like that...
Church playes, grade school plays.
I think everybody has done a little of that sometime in their lives.
What part did you play?
Did you enjoy it?
How did the performance(s) go?

This is an unusual question. What's it about?

Spunkie

I was the poor man's wife in "that is why the sea is salt" in grade 3 or 4. I had wanted the role of the rich man's wife.

I've been in a couple play the last few years. Two musicals: one, the lead role, the other as Alice in a Wonderland knock off. My costume looked the woman dressing as a girl in V is for Vendetta, except Portman nailed the hair better with ponytails.